ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings

The ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings (formerly known as the ICC ODI Championship) is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket rankings system of the International Cricket Council (ICC). After every ODI match, the two teams involved receive points based on a mathematical formula. Each team's points total is divided by their total number of matches played to give a rating, and all the teams are ranked in a table in order of rating.

By analogy to cricket batting averages, the points for winning an ODI match are always greater than the team's rating, increasing the rating, and the points for losing an ODI match are always less than the rating, reducing the rating. A drawn match between higher and lower rated teams will benefit the lower-rated team at the expense of the higher-rated team. An "average" team that wins as often as it loses while playing a mix of stronger and weaker teams should have a rating of 100.

As of 22 August 2025, India leads the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings, with a rating of 124 from 36 weighted matches, while the lowest rated team, UAE, has a rating of 08 from 32 weighted matches.

Until 2013, the team ranked number one at the annual 1 April cut-off date received the ICC ODI Championship Shield and prize money. The rankings was used to award direct qualification for the Cricket World Cup in 2019 and will be used in the 2027.

Current rankings

+ ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings Team Matches Points Rating 34 3,968 117 35 3,809 109 33 3,497 106 32 3,215 100 32 3,412 100 34 3,235 95 39 3,702 95 28 2,565 92 39 3,251 83 35 2,690 77 18 1,096 61 16 815 51 28 1,260 45 30 1,309 44 26 1,035 40 23 685 30 33 939 28 24 658 27 27 473 18 22 194 9

Associate rankings

In late 2005, the International Cricket Council ranked the top non-Test nations from 11–30 to complement the Test nations' rankings in the ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings. The ICC used the results from the 2005 ICC Trophy and WCQS Division 2 competition (i.e. the primary qualification mechanisms for the 2007 Cricket World Cup) to rank the nations.

These rankings were used to seed the initial stage of the global World Cricket League. Teams ranked 11–16 were placed into Division 1; teams 17–20 were placed into Division 2; teams 21–24 were placed into Division 3; the remaining teams were placed into the upper divisions of their respective regional qualifiers.

Before 19 April 2009, the top six associates gained one day status. Kenya and Ireland both qualified to appear on the main rating table, Kenya from its existing status and Ireland for its two victories in the 2007 World Cup. Following their victory over Bangladesh in July 2010, the Netherlands joined the main table. Afghanistan, Canada and Scotland remained on the secondary table. In May 2009, the ICC added a rankings table for all associate members. This contained both global and regional placings. In June 2018, the four associates with ODI status were moved to the main ranking list.

Historical rankings

The ICC provides ratings for the end of each month back to October 2002. This table lists the teams that have successively held the highest rating since that date, by whole month periods.

Team Start End Total months Cumulative months Highest rating 52 52 140 1 1 128 12 64 130 3 4 127 7 71 131 8 12 127 35 106 134 5 5 121 12 12 124 8 114 117 1 13 113 1 115 114 13 115 14 117 26 141 129 1 14 119 141 118 6 20 123 14 120 20 119 15 120 4 24 120 3 18 123 14 19 127 18 123 22 41 135 16 16 121 2 43 119 2 18 116 43 113 2 20 115 2 143 115 113 3 146 118 120 3 days 146 121 6 days 1 118 3 days 146 115 5 days 1 115 Present 55 124

In 2011, the ICC applied its rating system to results since 1981, providing ratings for the end of each month back to 1981, further indicating Australia's historical dominance in ODI Cricket with the highest number of months ranked first (200 months). The table only begins from 1981 as, prior to this date, there is not enough data available due to the infrequency of matches and the small number of competing teams in the earlier periods.

The teams that have successively held the highest rating since January 1981 until September 2002, by whole month periods, are: Team Start End Total months Cumulative months 2 2 6 6 1 3 65 71 8 11 2 73 10 21 5 78 3 3 1 79 1 4 1 80 4 8 2 2 4 12 1 3 8 20 8 29 1 81 3 23 16 97 4 4 2 99 3 7 2 31 4 27 46 46 23 50 1 47 7 57Reference: Historical Rankings

The summary of teams that have held the highest rating since 1981 until present by whole month periods, are: Team Total months Highest rating 204 140 99 141 71 134 66 135 62 127 18 121 4 131Reference: Historical Rankings updated to 9 March 2025

Consecutive months # Team Years65 Jan 1982-May 198759 Mar 2002-Jan 200746 May 1996-Feb 2000 36* Sept 2023-Present 35 Sept 2009-Aug 201226 Nov 2014-Feb 201723 Mar 2000-Jan 200222 Jun 2019-May 202116 Aug 1993-Nov 199416 May 2021-Sept 2022

ICC ODI championship (2002–2013)

The rankings system was formerly called the ICC ODI championship and, until 2013, the team at the top of the table at the start of each April was awarded the ICC ODI Championship Shield. Like a 2 euro coin, the shield features an inner circle of gold-coloured metal and is surrounded by a ring of silver-coloured metal. It was first presented in December 2002, when Australian captain Ricky Ponting received the award.

It was last presented in July 2013, when Indian captain MS Dhoni received the award.

Year Nation 2002 (6) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 (2) 2009 2010 (9) 2011 2012 2013 (1)

Points calculations

Time period

Find the points earned from a match Each time two teams play another match, the rankings table is updated as follows, based on the ratings of the teams immediately before they played. To determine the teams' new ratings after a particular match, first calculate the points earned from the match:

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was less than 40 points, then:

Match result Points earned Win Opponent's rating + 50 Tie Opponent's rating Lose Opponent's rating − 50

If the gap between the ratings of the two teams before the match was at least 40 points, then:

Match result Points earned Stronger team wins Own rating + 10 Weaker team loses Own rating − 10 Stronger team ties Own rating − 40 Weaker team ties Own rating + 40 Stronger team loses Own rating − 90 Weaker team wins Own rating + 90

Each team's rating is equal to its total points scored divided by the total matches played. (Series are not significant in these calculations). Add the match points scored to the points already scored (in previous matches as reflected by the Table), add one to the number of matches played, and determine the new rating. Points earned by teams depend on the opponent's ratings, therefore this system needed to assign base ratings to teams when it started.

See also a detailed example at: ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings#Example

Year end Historical Ranking In 2011, David Kendix, the ICC's official statistician retrospectively applied its rating system to results since 1981, providing ratings for the end of each month back to 1981. YearTeamRating1981 1211982 1331983 1321984 1331985 1391986 1401987 1331988 1321989 1191990 1221991 1271992 1201993 1151994 1141995 113

YearTeamRating1996 1211997 1341998 1321999 1292000 1252001 1282002 1312003 1362004 1362005 1352006 1312007 1302008 1312009 1302010 128

YearTeamRating2011 1302012 1212013 1202014 1172015 1272016 1202017 1202018 1262019 1252020 1232021 1212022 1162023 1212024 118

ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings

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